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Rules for management and handling of the unclaimed money-Notified
Govt. of India has notified the Rules  for management and handling of the unclaimed money of the depositors lying with Post Offices and Banks etc. As per these Rules, the details of such accounts wherein amounts are lying unclaimed  are to be notified publically. Accordingly the Dept. of Posts has published the details of such accounts on its website . Post Offices have been asked to publish the list on office Notice Boards and give wide publicity by other means too. All concerned are hereby informed accordingly. Local Post Offices may be contacted for further details, according to a press release issued by M. Sriraman, Senior Superintendent of POs, Chennai City central Division, Chennai 600 017.
Ministry of Defence
DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG
- New Generation surface-to-air Missile
- High manoeuvrability to neutralise aerial threats
- Boost to Air Defence capabilities of Indian Air Force
- Raksha Mantri congratulates DRDO
Defence Research & Development Organisation  successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile , a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range  off the coast of Odisha on July 21, 2021. The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, Command, Control & Communication System and launcher participating in deployment configuration.
The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory , Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories. The launch was witnessed by the representatives of Indian Air Force. In order to capture flight data, ITR deployed a number of Range stations like, Electro Optical Tracking System, Radar and Telemetry. The flawless performance of the entire weapon system has been confirmed by complete flight data captured by these systems. During the test, the missile demonstrated high manoeuvrability required for neutralising fast and agile aerial threats.
Once deployed, the Akash-NG weapon system will prove to be a force multiplier for the air defence capability of the Indian Air Force. Production agencies Bharat Electronics Limited  and Bharat Dynamics Limited  also participated in the trials.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, BDL, BEL, Indian Air Force and the Industry for the successful test. Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO applauded the efforts of the team and said the missile will strengthen the Indian Air Force.
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Ministry of Culture
Government of India approves year-long commemoration of the "Hyderabad Liberation Day"
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah to be the Chief Guest at the inaugural programme in Hyderabad on 17th September
Ministry of Culture will organize the inaugural programme of the year-long commemoration of the Hyderabad Liberation Day, on 17th September 2022. The Government of India has approved the yearlong commemoration of the "Hyderabad Liberation Day" for the period 17th September, 2022 to 17th September,2023.
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural programme to be organized at Parade Grounds in Hyderabad. Ministry of Culture has also invited the Chief Ministers of Telangana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra to attend the inaugural programme in Hyderabad.
The year-long commemoration is aimed at paying tribute to all those who gave their live for the liberation of Samsthan and its merger with the India Union.
On 17th September 1948, more than one year after India secured Independence from the British, the state of Hyderabad got its independence from Nizam’s rule.
History is replete with illustrations of struggles in the entire freedom movement including the struggle of Ramji Gond against the British; the fight of Komaram Bheem; the valour of Turrebaz Khan in 1857 who wanted to hoist the Indian national flag on the residence of the British Resident Commissioner at Koti in Hyderabad city.
The struggle became vociferous after Indian independence.With the spontaneous participation of people chanting Vande Matram and with the demand of the merger of the samsthan into the Indian union, the struggle transformed itself into a massive people's movement.
The liberation of Hyderabad was possible due to the swift and timely action by first Minister of Home Affairs of India, Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel under Operation Polo.
The state of Hyderabad under the Nizam included the whole of current day Telangana, the Marathwada region in Maharashtra that included the districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Hingoli, Jalna, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani and districts of Kalaburagi ,Bellary Raichur ,Yadgir, Koppal, Vijayanagara and Bidar in current day Karnataka.
The state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka officially observe September 17 as the Liberation Day.
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh with purchase of over 252.87 LMTs of paddy upto 08.11.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of211.65 LMT showing an increase of19.48 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 252.87 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 178.45 LMT which is70.56 % of total procurement.
About 21.41 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS Procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 47742.55 Crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 45.10 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana,Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme . Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 08.11.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 38980.82 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.208.81 Crores benefitting 22772 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan as against the last year corresponding purchase of 17586.31 MT which is an increase of 121.65% for pulses and oilseeds.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs. 52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 8.11.2020 as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Till 08.11.2020 a quantity of 1022074 cotton bales valuing Rs.2952.51 Crore has been procured benefitting 198060 farmers.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Union Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav arrives at Sharm El-Sheikh to attend COP 27
• COP 27 should be COP of Action: Shri Yadav
• To deliberate on sustainable ways to fight climate change
• PM Modi’s Mission LiFE to be discussed
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, who is leading the Indian delegation to the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC  from 6-18 November, 2022, arrived in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, today.
“The world has gathered to deliberate on sustainable ways to fight Climate Change. COP27 should be 'COP of Action' with key deliverables having specific focus on defining Climate Finance, outcomes on Adaptation and Loss & Damage,” said the Union Environment Minister Shri Yadav.
Shri Bhupender Yadav at Sharm El-Sheikh to attend COP 27 of UNFCCC
At the meet, India will discuss the mantra of LiFE, Lifestyle for Environment, coined by PM Shri Narendra Modi. Mission Life will remind the global community that COP 27 must focus on the forgotten SDG-12 that calls for ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
About Mission LiFE
The concept of LiFE was introduced by the Prime Minister at COP26 at Glasgow on 1 November 2021. On 5 June 2022, on World Environment Day, India furthered the vision of LiFE by launching the LiFE Global Movement, inviting academicians, researchers and start-ups across the world to think about specific and scientific ways in which the full potential of collective action can be harnessed to address the environment crisis. The movement received record support from global leaders.
Mission LiFE will action the ideas and ideals of LiFE through a mission-mode, scientific and measurable programme and demonstrate India’s commitment to walk the talk on climate change.
Mission LiFE is designed with the objective to mobilise at least one billion Indians and other global citizens to take individual and collective action for protecting and preserving the environment in the period 2022 to 2027. Within India, at least 80% of all villages and urban local bodies are aimed to become environment-friendly by 2028.
Further reference:
Read the Mission LiFE document here: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-10/Brochure-10-pages-op-2-print-file-20102022.pdf
Press Release on launch of Mission LiFE can be accessed here: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1869550
For more information:
Contact us at: envforestpib[at]gmail[dot]com
Ministry of Law and Justice
Special Courts for Offence against Women and Children
Government has started a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since October2019 for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts  for expeditious trial and disposal of cases related to rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences  Act. The Scheme is to be implemented in 31 States/UTs. As on 30.06.2022, a total of 728 FTSCs including 408 exclusive POCSO Courts are made operational in 28 States/UTs.
The Department of Justice  and National Legal Services Authority  have been collectively implementing different programs to create legal awareness about legal assistance for women and children. DoJ through its Designing Innovative Solutions and Holistic Access to Justice  Scheme, is implementing Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme  for disadvantaged sections including women and children. Further, NALSA has formulated 10 Schemes under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, for making legal services available under the provisions of the Act to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities. The State Legal Services Authorities have been organizing legal awareness programmes to make people aware about the availability of free legal services to the entitled persons. The Legal Services Authorities are also conducting programmes for making people aware about their rights and entitlements under various laws and Government schemes. The details of the legal literacy/ awareness programmes organized during the last financial year and the current financial year are as under;
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2021-22
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2022-23 
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Programmes organized
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1134086
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92288
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Persons attended
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58,41,26,827
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55,58,053
This information was given by the Minister for Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
NITI Aayog
ATL Tinkerpreneur 2023: Atal Innovation Mission calls for registration
Atal Innovation Mission , NITI Aayog has opened registration for ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur 2023’- a flagship summer boot camp under AIM’s Atal Tinkering Labs program.
ATL Tinkerpreneur is a 7-week long virtual summer bootcamp in June July which equips students with key digital skills and frameworks to create their own online venture by the end of the bootcamp. The last edition of the bootcamp witnessed 5000+ team innovations, the top 100 of them got internship & funding opportunities from Indian School of Business.
The bootcamp is open to students from all schools . Students will receive certificates, internships, and other attractive opportunities. The last date for registration is 5th June 2023.
Each of the registered teams shall be provided dedicated mentoring support for the whole duration of the bootcamp from NITI Aayog’s Mentors of Change. The bootcamp shall start from 8th June and shall last till 24th July. The students can submit their entries by 6th August.
Each week, there will be dedicated expert sessions for students on digital skills, product development and entrepreneurship skills, and handholding sessions for a more focussed approach.
This year, there will be special podcasts in regional languages, weekly challenges to solve and lots of learning through different sessions.
Unveiling the challenge, Mission Director AIM , Dr Chintan Vaishnav said “This is an exciting moment for all of us as. We have seen some brilliant innovations in previous two editions and we are sure this year too, we will get to see some exciting innovations. For students, ATL Tinkerpreneur is a great platform to traverse the journey from think to implementation”
Students can register themselves here: https://kid-ex.com/champions/atltnkr2023
For detailed brochure, click here: https://kid-ex.com/pdf/ATL_Tinkerpreneur_2023_Brochure.pdf
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Government invites applications for National Startup Awards 2022 across 17 sectors and 7 special categories
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  has launched the third edition of the National Startup Awards. In line with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the National Startup Awards 2022 will acknowledge startups and enablers who have been instrumental in revolutionising the development story of India and hold within them the power and potential to further fuel the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
The first National Startup Awards were announced in 2020 and witnessed applications from over 1,600 startups and ecosystem enablers across India. The recently concluded National Startup Awards 2021 saw participation from over 2,200 startups and ecosystem enablers. After conducting two successful editions, the National Startup Awards 2022 are open for applications.
The awards for startups will be given in 17 sectors classified into 50 sub-sectors. The 17 sectors are Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Construction, Drinking Water, Education & Skill Development, Energy, Enterprise Technology, Environment, FinTech, Food Processing, Health and Wellness, Industry 4.0, Media & Entertainment, Security, Space, Transport, and Travel.
In addition, there are seven special categories of awards for startups:
- Women-led startups
- Impact in rural areas
- Campus startups
- Manufacturing excellence
- Innovation tackling the pandemic 
- Solution delivery or business operations in Indic languages
- Startups from North-East  and Hilly States/ Union Territories 
The National Startup Awards 2022 will also reward exceptional incubators and accelerators as key building blocks of a robust startup ecosystem.
A cash prize of INR 5 lakh will be awarded to each winning startup. The winners and runners-up will also be given opportunities to present their solutions to relevant public authorities and corporates for potential pilot projects and work orders and pitching opportunities with investors. They will also be given priority for participation in various national and international startup events.
A cash prize of INR 15 lakh each will be awarded to one winning incubator and one winning accelerator.
The applications for the National Startup Awards 2022 are open till 15th March 2022. For more details, visit www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/nsa2022.html.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Maps of newly formed Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh, with the map of India
On the recommendation of Parliament, the President effectively dismantled Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and supervision of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, the former state of Jammu & Kashmir has been reorganized as the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the new Union Territory of Ladakh on 31st October 2019.
The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh. The rest of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
In 1947, the former State of Jammu and Kashmir had the following 14 districts - Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory.
By 2019, the state government of former Jammu and Kashmir had reorganized the areas of these 14 districts into 28 districts. The names of the new districts are as follows - Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shupian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtivar, Samba and Kargil.
Out of these, Kargil district was carved out from the area of Leh and Ladakh district. The Leh district of the new Union Territory of Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization  Second Order, 2019, issued by the President of India, to include the areas of the districts of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory of 1947, in addition to the remaining areas of Leh and Ladakh districts of 1947, after carving out the Kargil District.
On this basis, the maps prepared by Survey General of India depicting the new Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, as created on 31 October 2019, along with the map of India, are attached below.
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
World Milk Day and Summer Meet for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Sector
Shri Parshottam Rupala will launch a campaign - Feeding the Future: Five Days of Action for Feed and Fodder and Training of A-HELP
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in collaboration with the Agriculture Production Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, is going to celebrate World Milk Day on 1st June, 2023 and organize a Summer Meet for the animal husbandry and dairying sector on 1st-2nd June, 2023 at SKICC, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
The World Milk Day will provide an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the nutritional value and benefits of milk, recognize the contributions of dairy farmers, processors, and consumers, and foster meaningful discussions and exchanges of ideas during the summer meet. The objective of the Summer Meet is to draw out the expectations of states and UTs to create a convergence framework for effective programme implementation at the ground level, review the progress of schemes, and discuss outcomes and mid-course corrections. The ministers of State Animal Husbandry across the country will be attending the event along with state AHD officials.
Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, will grace the event as Chief Guest in the august presence of Shri Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor, J&K, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Union Minister Shri Rupala will be launching a campaign - Feeding the Future: Five Days of Action for Feed and Fodder and Training of A-HELP for 2023-24.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
COVID-19: Government of India allays apprehensions of some manufacturing companies regarding action against them
Chandigarh, April 24, 2020
The Government of India has allayed some apprehensions raised in the media and by some manufacturing companies after the operationalization of consolidated guidelines which was issued on 15 April, 2020. These guidelines, to mitigate the hardships to the public, allowed certain activities to be resumed after 20 April, 2020. The Union Home Secretary, in a recent letter to the states wrote that there is no clause in the consolidated guidelines which empowers the states to take legal actions against the company including imprisonment of CEO and sealing of factory premises in case a COVID-19 positive employee is found in the factory. Further, it states that subject to the compliance with the SOP on social distancing, no fresh license or statutory approval is required for resumption of permitted activities during lockdown.
A spurt in economic activities can be noticed in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh across the region. Industrial units in Haryana have been following the SOPs for social distancing. As units in Jhajjar district have revived their activity, the workers are staying within the factory premises observing the social distancing norms and other precautions. Farmers in Punjab are using machines to ensure that they get over with the harvesting work within the window of relaxation provided by the government amidst lockdown. Use of a combine by them not only helps in speedy harvesting, being operated by a single person it also ensures that the social distancing norms too are complied with.
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As agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana have started harvesting of rabi crops, the agricultural activities have been at full swing in the region. Similarly, with the follow-up relaxations by the Government, some electrical goods and mobile repair shops have reopened in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
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In an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 15 April 2020, selected activities were allowed except in containment zones in hotspots. The activities contained in the consolidated guidelines have subsumed all activities that were permitted under earlier guidelines issued on March 24, 2020 including those permitted under addendums.